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Article: Passing the newsletter along to the next generation (or perhaps not).(Management)
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- The Newsletter on Newsletters
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- January 26, 2009
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It's safe to say that when editors/publishers/entrepreneurs launched their newsletters, the thought of "succession"--"What comes after me?"--wasn't usually at the forefront of their thinking.
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